Con*tem"per (k&obreve;n*t&ebreve;m"p&etilde;r), v. t. [L. contemperare, - temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.] To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.]
The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy.
Johnson.
Con*tem"per*ate (k&obreve;n*t&ebreve;m"p&etilde;r*āt), v. t. [See Contemper.] To temper; to moderate. [Obs.]
Moisten and contemperate the air.
Sir T. Browne.
Con*tem`per*a"tion (-ā"shŭn), n. 1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.
Con*tem"per*a*ture (- t&ebreve;m"p&etilde;r*&adot;*t&usl;r; 135), n. The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. [Obs.]
The different contemperature of the elements.
South.
Con*tem"plance (?), n. Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Con*tem"plant (?), a. [L. contemplans, p. pr.] Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge.
Con"tem*plate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contemplated (# or #); p. pr. & vb. n. Contemplating.] [L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See Temple.] 1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.
To love, at least contemplate and admire,
What I see excellent.
Milton.
We thus dilate
Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.
Byron.
2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.
There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
A. Hamilton.
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
Kent.
Syn. -- To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See Meditate.
Con"tem*plate, v. i. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
So many hours must I contemplate.
Shak.
Con`tem*pla"tion (?), n. [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.] 1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
In contemplation of created things,
By steps we may ascend to God.
Milton.
Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view.
Locke.